DATUK SERI HELD IN CHEATING PROBE

KUALA LUMPUR: A Datuk Seri and his ac­com­plice were nabbed by the Malaysian Anti-Cor­rup­tion Com­mis­sion on Mon­day for al­legedly dup­ing a 58-yearold woman into pay­ing RM125,000 to fal­sify doc­u­ments for claims on her de­ceased hus­band’s es­tate. The 46-year-old man, who is a for­mer spe­cial of­fi­cer to a mem­ber of roy­alty, was nabbed yes­ter­day while his 59-year-old ac­com­plice was de­tained a day ear­lier. raids statewide from Jan­uary un­til Mon­day. Po­lice said of the to­tal, seven peo­ple had been pe­nalised un­der the Preven­tion of Crime Act 1959 while RM549,602 in cash and 457 gam­bling ma­chines were seized. – Ber­nama